Contraceptive knowledge and attitudes of Austrian adolescents after mass media reports linking third-generation oral contraceptives with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism

Contraception

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Egarter, Christian ^a   Strohmer, Heinz ^a   Lehner, Rainer ^a   Földy, Mario ^a   Leitich, Harald ^a   Berghammer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contraceptive knowledge of adolescents; Oral contraceptives; Representative survey; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRIA; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; AUSTRIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EMBOLISM; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; KNOWLEDGE; MASS MEDIA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, COMBINED; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR DISEASES; WESTERN EUROPE; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0030764280     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(97)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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